Social and Human Sciences

The young people sitting together in a classroom at Chiang Mai University came from countries across the region, yet they do not only identify as Cambodian, Lao, Myanmar, Thai or Vietnamese. Instead, this group of about 15 are defined as “indigenous youth”...

It’s a hot afternoon in Savannakhet, Laos. While summer is about to give way to the rainy season, it’s doing its best to remind the residents of this small city that it won’t go out gently. Outside the Savannakhet Primary Protection Center, six young local...

What do you think of when hearing the word ‘youth’? What about the ‘United Nations’? And youth engagement with the United Nations? One possible answer – ‘scary’. That response, half-jokingly thrown out at a recent Safe Spaces for Youth event, addresses a...